Table 2. Number of cases , age standardised (per 100 000) cancer incidence rates and number of person-years of observation for White & Indian children in Leicester, and for children in Mumbai & Ahmedabad, India. (All rates are standardised to the age distribution of the Segi standard population).
Leicester | India | ||||||||
British Whites | British Indians | Mumbai | Ahmadabad | ||||||
ICC3/ICD code | Site | No. | ASR | No. | ASR | No. | ASR | No. | ASR |
I/C70–72 | CNS | 7 | 1.6 | 9 | 4.2 | 263 | 1.7 | 55 | 0.9 |
II/C81–85 | Lymphoma | 3 | 0.6 | 6 | 2.8 | 176 | 0.7 | 63 | 0.5 |
III/C91–92 | Leukaemia | 11 | 2.6 | 11 | 5.8 | 472 | 3.1 | 135 | 2.2 |
IV/C22,C40–41,C49, C56,C62,C47,C74 | Other solid tumours | 17 | 4.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 436 | 2.8 | 116 | 1.9 |
C22 | Liver | 1 | 0 | ||||||
C40–41,C49 | Bone, connective, soft tissue | 8 | 4 | ||||||
C56,C62 | Gonadal | 1 | 1 | ||||||
C64 | Kidney | 5 | 1 | ||||||
C47, C74 | Neuroblastoma | 2 | 1 | ||||||
All sites | 39 | 9.1 | 33 | 16.3 | 1453 | 9.3 | 413 | 6.7 | |
Person-years of observation | 436 021 | 207 281 | 15 625 574 | 6 225 080 |